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| Public Works and Highway (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar together with MPTC & NLEX Corp President and CEO Rodrigo Franco and other officials conduct an inspection of the newly constructed portion of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment project at McArthur Highway, Karuhatan, Valenzuela City. The project is an elevated expressway that will link NLEX to Radial 10 in Navotas. |
Friday, October 19, 2018
Villar inspects NLEX Harbor Link Segment project
Manila to NLEX expressway targets completion and opening in December
By Betheena Kae Unite
Road right-of-way for the North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Segment 10, an elevated expressway from Manila to the NLEX, has been delivered, keeping the construction on track, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said Friday.
Villar announced that the project “is getting close to completion now that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has delivered 100 percent of the right-of-way (ROW) between Karuhatan, Valenzuela City to C3 Road, Caloocan City.”
“We are happy that our team was able to deliver 100 percent right-of-way for the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10. We hope we can finish this just in time for the Christmas rush to help ease the public’s traffic woes,” Villar said.
NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10, which started in May 2014, aims to decongest Metro Manila by providing access to NLEX without passing through EDSA or the Balintawak Toll Plaza.
It also aims to provide better movement of cargoes from Port Area in Manila to the northern part of Luzon. It will provide a direct connection between R10 (Radial Road 10) and NLEX.
“NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 is composed of the 5.65-km elevated expressway traversing the NLEX from MacArthur Highway Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, passing through Malabon City and C3 Road, Caloocan City, and the 2.6-km section between C3 Road, Caloocan City and R10, Navotas City,” Villar said.
Once opened, travel time from the Manila Port to the NLEX will take approximately 10 minutes.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/19/manila-to-nlex-expressway-targets-completion-and-opening-in-december/
Road right-of-way for the North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Segment 10, an elevated expressway from Manila to the NLEX, has been delivered, keeping the construction on track, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said Friday.
Villar announced that the project “is getting close to completion now that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has delivered 100 percent of the right-of-way (ROW) between Karuhatan, Valenzuela City to C3 Road, Caloocan City.”
“We are happy that our team was able to deliver 100 percent right-of-way for the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10. We hope we can finish this just in time for the Christmas rush to help ease the public’s traffic woes,” Villar said.
NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10, which started in May 2014, aims to decongest Metro Manila by providing access to NLEX without passing through EDSA or the Balintawak Toll Plaza.
It also aims to provide better movement of cargoes from Port Area in Manila to the northern part of Luzon. It will provide a direct connection between R10 (Radial Road 10) and NLEX.
“NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 is composed of the 5.65-km elevated expressway traversing the NLEX from MacArthur Highway Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, passing through Malabon City and C3 Road, Caloocan City, and the 2.6-km section between C3 Road, Caloocan City and R10, Navotas City,” Villar said.
Once opened, travel time from the Manila Port to the NLEX will take approximately 10 minutes.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/19/manila-to-nlex-expressway-targets-completion-and-opening-in-december/
NLEx Harbor Link nears completion
THE North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) Harbor Link Segment 10 is nearing completion, with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) having delivered 100 percent of the right-of-way (ROW) between Karuhatan, Valenzuela City and C3 Road, Caloocan City.
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar made the announcement during the inspection of the newly constructed portion of the project at MacArthur Highway, Karuhatan, Valenzuela City.
Villar was accompanied by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, other members of the “Build Build Build” team and NLEx Corporation officials led by president Rodrigo Franco.
“We are happy that our team was able to deliver 100 percent right-of-way for the NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10. We hope we can finish this just in time for the Christmas rush to help ease the public’s traffic woes,” Villar said.
NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 is composed of the 5.65-kilometer (km) elevated expressway traversing the NLEX from MacArthur Highway Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, passing through Malabon City and C3 Road, Caloocan City, and the 2.6-km section between C3 Road, Caloocan City and R10, Navotas City.
The first section is now 83 percent complete while the construction progress of the second section stands at 5 percent.
The project is expected to boost the country’s transport and logistics industry as cargo trucks will have 24/7 direct access from the port area to the northern provinces of Luzon and vice versa via the NLEx.
This elevated expressway will decongest Metro Manila by providing an alternative entry to NLEx, bypassing Edsa and other busy streets of Manila. Once opened, travel time from the Manila Port to the NLEx will take approximately 10 minutes.
For his part, Franco said the NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 will provide travel convenience and spur massive investments in its host communities.
He added that the NLEx construction team is working nonstop to complete the project by the end of this year.
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar made the announcement during the inspection of the newly constructed portion of the project at MacArthur Highway, Karuhatan, Valenzuela City.
Villar was accompanied by Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, other members of the “Build Build Build” team and NLEx Corporation officials led by president Rodrigo Franco.
“We are happy that our team was able to deliver 100 percent right-of-way for the NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10. We hope we can finish this just in time for the Christmas rush to help ease the public’s traffic woes,” Villar said.
NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 is composed of the 5.65-kilometer (km) elevated expressway traversing the NLEX from MacArthur Highway Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, passing through Malabon City and C3 Road, Caloocan City, and the 2.6-km section between C3 Road, Caloocan City and R10, Navotas City.
The first section is now 83 percent complete while the construction progress of the second section stands at 5 percent.
The project is expected to boost the country’s transport and logistics industry as cargo trucks will have 24/7 direct access from the port area to the northern provinces of Luzon and vice versa via the NLEx.
This elevated expressway will decongest Metro Manila by providing an alternative entry to NLEx, bypassing Edsa and other busy streets of Manila. Once opened, travel time from the Manila Port to the NLEx will take approximately 10 minutes.
For his part, Franco said the NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 will provide travel convenience and spur massive investments in its host communities.
He added that the NLEx construction team is working nonstop to complete the project by the end of this year.
NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 could be open by December – Villar
CITY OF MALOLOS– The expected heavy Christmas traffic in Metro Manila may be eased with the scheduled opening in December of the P10.5 billion North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Segment 10.
The North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Segment 10 provides an alternative route between the Port of Manila and north Luzon provinces.
“It will be passable by Christmas time. It will be this administration and the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation’s (MPTC) Christmas gift to our people as we target to deliver it in time for (holidays),” said Public Works Secretary Mark Villar on Friday (Oct. 19).
Segment 10 is an elevated road built along the NLEx to connect Valenzuela City to Caloocan City, in order to ease Manila road congestion that has been blamed on cargo trucks and other haulers. NLEx is owned and operated by a subsidiary of MPTC.
Villar said work on Segment 10 is now 90 percent complete. Once opened, it will take in 30,000 cargo trucks that normally traverse through Edsa and other north-bound roads of Metro Manila, he said. Harbor Link Segment 10 would also cut the travel time between the Port of Manila and NLEx from 1 hour to just 10 minutes.
Villar attended a briefing where officials from the MPTC and NLEX officials reported the acquisition of right-of-way properties, which would allow work to start on the undeveloped portions of Segment 10.
More than 2,000 households were relocated to government housing sites in the Bulacan towns of Pandi and Norzagaray, and a resettlement site in Caloocan City, said Nemesio Castillo, NLEx Corp. vice president. /muf
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1044833/nlex-harbor-link-segment-10-could-be-open-by-december-villar#ixzz5UMWKgAj6
The North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Segment 10 provides an alternative route between the Port of Manila and north Luzon provinces.
“It will be passable by Christmas time. It will be this administration and the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation’s (MPTC) Christmas gift to our people as we target to deliver it in time for (holidays),” said Public Works Secretary Mark Villar on Friday (Oct. 19).
Segment 10 is an elevated road built along the NLEx to connect Valenzuela City to Caloocan City, in order to ease Manila road congestion that has been blamed on cargo trucks and other haulers. NLEx is owned and operated by a subsidiary of MPTC.
Villar said work on Segment 10 is now 90 percent complete. Once opened, it will take in 30,000 cargo trucks that normally traverse through Edsa and other north-bound roads of Metro Manila, he said. Harbor Link Segment 10 would also cut the travel time between the Port of Manila and NLEx from 1 hour to just 10 minutes.
Villar attended a briefing where officials from the MPTC and NLEX officials reported the acquisition of right-of-way properties, which would allow work to start on the undeveloped portions of Segment 10.
More than 2,000 households were relocated to government housing sites in the Bulacan towns of Pandi and Norzagaray, and a resettlement site in Caloocan City, said Nemesio Castillo, NLEx Corp. vice president. /muf
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1044833/nlex-harbor-link-segment-10-could-be-open-by-december-villar#ixzz5UMWKgAj6
Friday, October 12, 2018
First of three segments of C5 South Link Expressway to open in March 2019
By Betheena Kae Unite
A two-kilometer segment of a toll road project that will link Costal Road in Parañaque City and Circumferential Road-5 in Taguig City is nearly halfway done and is expected to be completed by March 2019, Public Works and Highways chief Mark Villar said.
Construction is progressing on time for C5 South Link Expressway that will connect Manila–Cavite Expressway or Coastal Road and C-5, Villar announced following an inspection on the project recently.
“Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) is nearly halfway in terms of construction accomplishment. They are currently working on the 2.2-kilometer Segment 3A-1 from SLEX/C5 Road to Merville, crossing on top of PNR station by the Skyway at grade between Nichols Toll Plaza and Bicutan,” Villar said.
“We expect to complete this segment by March 2019,” he added.
According to CIC president Luigi Bautista, girders across PNR area have been launched while long span steel girders that will cross the at grade portion of Skyway and South Luzon Expressway is set in the coming days.
After the completion of the 2.2-kilometer segment (3A-1), works will begin on the 2.1-kilometer segment (3A-2) from Merville to E. Rodriguez as well as the 1.59-kilometer segment (3B) from Rodriguez Avenue to Sucat, and the Segment 2 which starts from Sucat and ends in Coastal Road, Parañaque City.
Villar said that the DPWH is simultaneously working on road right-of-way acquisition for the project. The department has already acquired 74 percent of the road right-of-way in Segment 3A-2; 69 percent in Segment 2; and 17 percent in Segment 3B.
The whole P10-billion C5 South Link Expressway is expected for completion and full operation by 2020.
When completed, C5 South Link Expressway will be a 7.74-kilometer, 6-lane expressway that will provide access between the major business districts in Makati, Taguig area and the southern cities of Parañaque and Las Piñas, as well as Cavite. It will cut travel time from one hour and a half to just 20 to 30 minutes, Villar said.
The project will also generate at least 1,000 jobs during construction, operation and maintenance phases, the secretary added.
A two-kilometer segment of a toll road project that will link Costal Road in Parañaque City and Circumferential Road-5 in Taguig City is nearly halfway done and is expected to be completed by March 2019, Public Works and Highways chief Mark Villar said.
Construction is progressing on time for C5 South Link Expressway that will connect Manila–Cavite Expressway or Coastal Road and C-5, Villar announced following an inspection on the project recently.
“Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) is nearly halfway in terms of construction accomplishment. They are currently working on the 2.2-kilometer Segment 3A-1 from SLEX/C5 Road to Merville, crossing on top of PNR station by the Skyway at grade between Nichols Toll Plaza and Bicutan,” Villar said.
“We expect to complete this segment by March 2019,” he added.
According to CIC president Luigi Bautista, girders across PNR area have been launched while long span steel girders that will cross the at grade portion of Skyway and South Luzon Expressway is set in the coming days.
After the completion of the 2.2-kilometer segment (3A-1), works will begin on the 2.1-kilometer segment (3A-2) from Merville to E. Rodriguez as well as the 1.59-kilometer segment (3B) from Rodriguez Avenue to Sucat, and the Segment 2 which starts from Sucat and ends in Coastal Road, Parañaque City.
Villar said that the DPWH is simultaneously working on road right-of-way acquisition for the project. The department has already acquired 74 percent of the road right-of-way in Segment 3A-2; 69 percent in Segment 2; and 17 percent in Segment 3B.
The whole P10-billion C5 South Link Expressway is expected for completion and full operation by 2020.
When completed, C5 South Link Expressway will be a 7.74-kilometer, 6-lane expressway that will provide access between the major business districts in Makati, Taguig area and the southern cities of Parañaque and Las Piñas, as well as Cavite. It will cut travel time from one hour and a half to just 20 to 30 minutes, Villar said.
The project will also generate at least 1,000 jobs during construction, operation and maintenance phases, the secretary added.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
MPTC confident on C-5 South Link progress
Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), the road infrastructure arm of conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp., said it has resolved various right-of-way challenges that would allow it to deliver the first section of the P10-billion C-5 South Link Expressway Project of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway three months ahead of schedule.
“The right-of-way issue with MIAA (Manila International Airport Authority) has been resolved. Contractually they have to finish it by June but we said we can fasttrack it,” Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. president and chief executive officer Luigi Bautista said.
The first section of the C-5 South Link Expressway Project, a 2.2-kilometer section which connects C5 to Merville in Parañaque, is now poised for completion by March next year.
The first set of girders of the main bridge have already been installed and was inspected by officials led Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar yesterday.
The main bridge crosses on top of the PNR station by the Skyway at grade between Nichols Toll Plaza and Bicutan and is part of the first section of the C-5 South Link Expressway Project.
“We have launched girders starting last Oct. 6 across PNR area, and we are set to launch long span steel girders that will cross the at-grade portion of Skyway and South Luzon Expressway in the coming days. This is a critical activity of the project and we expect substantial completion after the girders are installed,” Bautista said.
“The project is progressing on time and this is good news to the estimated 50,000 vehicles that will be decongested in Sales Road in Pasay and EDSA when it starts commercial operations. Travel time from Parañaque, Las Piñas and Cavite to Taguig will be cut to 20 to 30 minutes from the usual one and a half hour drive with the direct access to C5. This is an important project which is part of the BBB program of this government,” Villar said separately.
In line with the construction, MPTC is seeking the understanding and patience of all motorists for the temporary inconvenience.
“In cooperation with the Skyway Operations and Management Corp., partial closures of Skyway and Skyway at grade during off-peak hours is implemented. This is necessary when we position and install the girders. Additionally, we are working closely with MMDA, DOTR, DPWH and the Taguig, Pasay and Parañaque LGUs on the traffic management. The completion of the launching should allow us to complete and open the Merville section of C5 South Link by the end of March of 2019,” Bautista said.
Meanwhile, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said it is working closely with MPTC to find ways to manage traffic flow on the conglomerate’s South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Skyway System, both of which will be heavily affected by MPTC’s C-5 South Link Expressway project.
As Cavitex starts work to launch girders that will cross the at-grade portion of SMC’s Skyway and SLEX, the conglomerate said it expects higher traffic build-up on its expressways.
“We have offered assistance to MPIC to make sure its project gets delivered on time to minimize inconvenience and provide the full benefits of C-5 South Link to our motorists in the soonest possible time. We recognize and support government’s objective to develop a more expansive network of roads of which this new construction is part of,” SMC president and COO Ramon Ang said.
Initially, SMC, through its infrastructure unit SMC Tollways, has implemented a stop-and-go scheme from Oct. 6 up to Nov. 15 at Nichols Toll Plaza, C5 (at-grade), and Skyway Elevated segment between Magallanes and Bicutan in order to manage traffic in the area.
“SMC apologizes for the temporary inconvenience, even as it advised motorists to plan their trips ahead during the period,“ it said.
“The right-of-way issue with MIAA (Manila International Airport Authority) has been resolved. Contractually they have to finish it by June but we said we can fasttrack it,” Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. president and chief executive officer Luigi Bautista said.
The first section of the C-5 South Link Expressway Project, a 2.2-kilometer section which connects C5 to Merville in Parañaque, is now poised for completion by March next year.
The first set of girders of the main bridge have already been installed and was inspected by officials led Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar yesterday.
The main bridge crosses on top of the PNR station by the Skyway at grade between Nichols Toll Plaza and Bicutan and is part of the first section of the C-5 South Link Expressway Project.
“We have launched girders starting last Oct. 6 across PNR area, and we are set to launch long span steel girders that will cross the at-grade portion of Skyway and South Luzon Expressway in the coming days. This is a critical activity of the project and we expect substantial completion after the girders are installed,” Bautista said.
“The project is progressing on time and this is good news to the estimated 50,000 vehicles that will be decongested in Sales Road in Pasay and EDSA when it starts commercial operations. Travel time from Parañaque, Las Piñas and Cavite to Taguig will be cut to 20 to 30 minutes from the usual one and a half hour drive with the direct access to C5. This is an important project which is part of the BBB program of this government,” Villar said separately.
In line with the construction, MPTC is seeking the understanding and patience of all motorists for the temporary inconvenience.
“In cooperation with the Skyway Operations and Management Corp., partial closures of Skyway and Skyway at grade during off-peak hours is implemented. This is necessary when we position and install the girders. Additionally, we are working closely with MMDA, DOTR, DPWH and the Taguig, Pasay and Parañaque LGUs on the traffic management. The completion of the launching should allow us to complete and open the Merville section of C5 South Link by the end of March of 2019,” Bautista said.
Meanwhile, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said it is working closely with MPTC to find ways to manage traffic flow on the conglomerate’s South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Skyway System, both of which will be heavily affected by MPTC’s C-5 South Link Expressway project.
As Cavitex starts work to launch girders that will cross the at-grade portion of SMC’s Skyway and SLEX, the conglomerate said it expects higher traffic build-up on its expressways.
“We have offered assistance to MPIC to make sure its project gets delivered on time to minimize inconvenience and provide the full benefits of C-5 South Link to our motorists in the soonest possible time. We recognize and support government’s objective to develop a more expansive network of roads of which this new construction is part of,” SMC president and COO Ramon Ang said.
Initially, SMC, through its infrastructure unit SMC Tollways, has implemented a stop-and-go scheme from Oct. 6 up to Nov. 15 at Nichols Toll Plaza, C5 (at-grade), and Skyway Elevated segment between Magallanes and Bicutan in order to manage traffic in the area.
“SMC apologizes for the temporary inconvenience, even as it advised motorists to plan their trips ahead during the period,“ it said.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Parañaque transport terminal opening soon
By Emmie V. Abadilla
The country’s first landport, the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), with a capacity for 200,000 passengers daily, starts full commercial operations next month.
One of the flagship projects of the Philippine Government to ease traffic congestion in inner Metro Manila, the 35-year Build-Transfer-Operate concession was awarded to engineering and infrastructure conglomerate Megawide in 2015.
“Preparations for the opening are in full swing,” announced Louie Ferrer, President of Megawide subsidiary MWM Terminals, Inc., developer of the PITX.
“We will be on soft opening this October with full operations scheduled this November. We are working closely with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and affiliated agencies such as the LTFRB to ensure that we are ready.”
The PITX will serve passengers from Cavite and Batangas going to Metro Manila and vice versa, allowing transfers between different modes of land transportation such as buses, taxis, jeepneys and other PUVs.
The terminal building will have three levels. Departure bays for buses, jeepneys, and taxis are situated on the ground floor while Bus Arrival bays are located on the second floor.
The third floor is dedicated to private car parking facilities, AUV bays, and will have the future connection to the LRT-1 extension project.
PITX has a terminal capacity of 200,000 passengers per day with an expected footfall of close to 100,000 passengers daily.
The terminal systems are designed to be passenger-friendly, such as the assured seating system for buses, public information displays in multiple locations, and ample seating throughout the facility.
Automated boarding pass scanners will ensure that passengers can board buses only during their chosen trip schedules.
“Our goal is to deliver hassle-free transfers between multiple modes of transportation in PITX. Many of our technologies are being used for the first time in a bus terminal setting in the country,” Ferrer concluded.
https://business.mb.com.ph/2018/10/09/paranaque-transport-terminal-opening-soon/
The country’s first landport, the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), with a capacity for 200,000 passengers daily, starts full commercial operations next month.
One of the flagship projects of the Philippine Government to ease traffic congestion in inner Metro Manila, the 35-year Build-Transfer-Operate concession was awarded to engineering and infrastructure conglomerate Megawide in 2015.
“Preparations for the opening are in full swing,” announced Louie Ferrer, President of Megawide subsidiary MWM Terminals, Inc., developer of the PITX.
“We will be on soft opening this October with full operations scheduled this November. We are working closely with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and affiliated agencies such as the LTFRB to ensure that we are ready.”
The PITX will serve passengers from Cavite and Batangas going to Metro Manila and vice versa, allowing transfers between different modes of land transportation such as buses, taxis, jeepneys and other PUVs.
The terminal building will have three levels. Departure bays for buses, jeepneys, and taxis are situated on the ground floor while Bus Arrival bays are located on the second floor.
The third floor is dedicated to private car parking facilities, AUV bays, and will have the future connection to the LRT-1 extension project.
PITX has a terminal capacity of 200,000 passengers per day with an expected footfall of close to 100,000 passengers daily.
The terminal systems are designed to be passenger-friendly, such as the assured seating system for buses, public information displays in multiple locations, and ample seating throughout the facility.
Automated boarding pass scanners will ensure that passengers can board buses only during their chosen trip schedules.
“Our goal is to deliver hassle-free transfers between multiple modes of transportation in PITX. Many of our technologies are being used for the first time in a bus terminal setting in the country,” Ferrer concluded.
https://business.mb.com.ph/2018/10/09/paranaque-transport-terminal-opening-soon/
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